Trends in Potentially Avoidable Hospitalisations Among People With Diabetes in Ireland; 2015–2024
Authors' conclusion
Although PAHs declined over the study period, rates remained high especially among people with type 1 diabetes.
Study context
- Population
- People with diagnosed T1D or T2D, Republic of Ireland, 2015–2024181,130 potentially avoidable hospitalisations (PAHs)
- Exposure
- Trends over 2015–2024; T1D vs T2D
- Outcome
- Potentially avoidable hospitalisations (composite of 21 complications), age-standardised rates and trends
- Follow-up
- 2015–2024
Methodological detailsnational hospitalisation data, age-standardised rates, linear time-trend models, Joinpoint regression analysis
- National hospitalisation data
- Age-standardised rates
- Linear time-trend models
- Joinpoint regression analysis
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Age-standardised rate of PAHs per 1000 people with diabetes · 2015 to 2024
ASR in 2015 per 1000 people with diabetes
105.0
95% CI 100.4, 109.2
ASR in 2024
91.0
95% CI 87.7, 94.3
Average decline per year
2.5%
95% CI −3.1, 1.7
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | P value |
|---|---|
| ASRs by diabetes typeType 1 diabetes vs Type 2 diabetes · ASRs consistently higher with T1D | P < 0.001 |
Age-standardised rates (ASRs) by condition group
- ASRs declined steadily for all condition groups except infections, which increased from 2022 onwards
Original publication
Trends in Potentially Avoidable Hospitalisations Among People With Diabetes in Ireland; 2015–2024. Diabetes Obes Metab. Published 31 May 2026. doi:10.
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